A point at home to Barnsley, especially when you’re both in the lower reaches of the Championship table, is hardly anything to celebrate. And yet, was the match as bad as some are making out it was? I don’t think so.

It was frustrating to only walk away with a point when at the start of the evening I think a lot of people were confident Hull City would get all three on the back of the performance and result against Sheffield United a few days earlier. Having been behind going into the final 20 minutes I think you take a point in that situation.

Regardless of that, I don’t actually think the game was as bad as some are making out. Was it a classic? Of course not. It was two average teams who looked quite well matched and two sides you’d expect to be near each other in the table, but at the same time I don’t think it looked like two teams destined for relegation.

The simple fact is City lack real quality up front and if they’d had that they would have won the game, but it’s a point that moves the club a step further away from the relegation zone. With their far superior goal difference, Nigel Adkins’ side are effectively four points clear of Birmingham City right now, and they don’t currently look like winning another four points all year.

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With 12 games left of the season City are inching away from the bottom three, so while there’s been some negativity about Tuesday night’s game, it’s gone a little over the top for me. What the match highlighted is the difference having Evandro in the team brings City.

Adkins wasn’t too happy his player had let everyone know on social media on Monday that he wouldn’t be playing because of a minor injury and you can see the manager’s point. That aside, City certainly missed his craft at the top of the pitch and they don’t look anything like the same threat when he’s absent.

If City can get Evandro back for Ipswich and Abel Hernandez back in the side too as soon as possible, all of a sudden the attacking threat looks completely different and we can approach games with more confidence. Until then, Nouha Dicko needs to stop playing in the wrong areas and Jarrod Bowen, who may have done well against Barnsley, needs to stop trying to do it all himself.

Bowen’s grown in confidence which is great, but he’s now reached a level of confidence that sees him taking on too much and trying to doing it all himself, which doesn’t suit him or the rest of the team.

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Replicate the Sheffield United performance and City will have an opportunity to come back from Ipswich with a positive result. It’s a tough place to go for many teams but City have a great record against Ipswich and I cannot remember too many times leaving there without at least a point.

The Tractor Boys aren’t going to go down, and while they have an outside chance of making the play-offs they’ll be focussed on keeping that slim hope alive. But City’s desire should be greater, so let’s hope that great record at Portman Road continues.